Ernst Friedrich Georg Otto, Freiherr von der Malsburg (June 23, 1786 – September 20, 1824) was a German statesman, poet, and translator. Born at Hanau, Ernst Friedrich was the younger son of Baron Friedrich Wilhelm von der Malsburg by his wife Elizabeth Leigh, daughter of Sir Egerton Leigh, 1st Baronet. His father, a Lieutenant-Colonel commanded the Infanterie-Regiment von der Malsburg as allies of George III during the American War of Independence; he was also brother-in-law to David Garrick's nephew, Nathan Garrick (died 1780), the first husband of Martha Leigh.